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Nathan Hauritz burst onto the International Cricket scene receiving a call up to the Australian team as a 20 year old after making an early impression playing for Queensland and Australia at u-19 level where he played alongside the likes of Michael Clarke, Ed Cowan, Mitch Johnson, Shaun Marsh, Shane Watson and Andrew McDonald. He went on to represent Australia in 17 Test Matches claiming 63 wicket...

Tim Ludeman was an accomplished First Class and short format cricketer who represented South Australia, Adelaide Strikers and Melbourne Renegades throughout a career that consisted of 47 First Class matches, 36 List A Games and 55 T20 appearances. His best work with the gloves came in the 2012/13 summer for South Australia where he claimed 47 dismissals for the season. With the bat, Ludeman impres...

Leah Poulton represented Australia in 2 Tests, 48 ODIs and 40 T20Is as well playing over 100 games for NSW. She was a high quality top order batter who had a reputation for scoring runs quickly which was confirmed when she became the first female to score a century in Women's domestic T20 cricket for NSW. In her distinguished career, Leah was a part of two successful ICC World T20 Campaigns for Au...

Graham Winter played 14 First Class Matches for South Australia between 1981/2 and 1983/4. He was a part of the successful Sheffield Shield winning team of 1981/2 and the Domestic One Day Title in 1983/4. His personal achievements include taking best figures of 7-65 against the West Indies. Graham retired from cricket and pursued a career in performance psychology which saw him working at the Aust...

Daryl Tuffey represented New Zealand across all three formats claiming 77 Test wickets and 110 ODI wickets for his country. He played 91 First Class matches claiming 288 wickets with the remarkable best figures of 7-12. In our chat we discuss his progression from First Class Cricket into the International arena, the three World Cup campaigns he was involved in, the leadership of Stephen Fleming as...

Peter McIntyre progressed through the ranks at Essendon playing club cricket to make his debut for Victoria in the Sheffield Shield at the MCG in March 1989. A couple of years later he would spend some time at the Commonwealth Bank Cricket Academy eventually moving to play First Class Cricket for South Australia. Peter was selected to play for Australia A in the controversial 1994/5 Series which f...

Wayne Holdsworth was a distinguished First Class Cricketer who claimed 212 wickets in his career. He made an immediate impact for NSW claiming 6-55 on debut at the MCG against Victoria and went on to win a number of Sheffield Shield titles with NSW including a match winning 7-41 against Queensland in the 1992/3 decider at the SCG. This was followed by a berth on the 1993 Ashes tour where he will l...

Marty Rhone is a household name in the entertainment industry having performed on stage and screen to audiences around the world. What you may not know is that Marty is also a self confessed cricket tragic. In this episode of The Cricket Library Podcast, we ask Marty where his passion for the game stems from. We also chat about his involvement in the development of girls cricket on the North Shore...

After a strong showing in the 1988/89 Australian domestic season, Greg Campbell found himself on the 1989 Ashes tour where he pushed his case for Test selection with some impressive performances on the tour. In this edition of the show we talk with Greg about how he found out the news that he would be making his Test debut at Headingly as well as other highlights in a career that was cut short by...

Network Seven journalist Nina Stevens is our special guest in the first episode of the new season of the Cricket Library Podcast. In our chat with the official patron of the #CricketCountdown we hear about how Nina developed a love of the game, discuss the Men's World Cup Final, look ahead to the Women's Ashes starting later this week, explore strategies for staying up late to watch the cricket as...

Mark Atkinson  had a distinguished career for Tasmania throughout the 1990s playing 95 First Class matches with and against some of cricket's finest. At the completion of his playing career he established  Elite Cricket Coaching  and has recently been appointed as the coach of the  Alcohol. Think Again Western Fury . Mark is also the editor of an exciting new cricket magazine  Cricket Life  which...

Ben Rohrer from the Speedblitz Blues joined us on  Bucketts Radio  to have a chat about the Toyota Country Blitz, playing First Class Cricket, winning the Sheffield Shield as well as some other career highlights.

On  Bucketts Radio  last week, Emily Leys from the Lend Lease Breakers squad filled us in on the Toyota Country Blitz and gave us some personal insights into her cricketing career.

The First Test of the 1993 Ashes Series was most remembered for Shane Warne's 'Ball of The Century' to dismiss Mike Gatting. However, there were many other memorable moments in this game that we relive here.

Earlier this week Sir Donald Bradman would have been celebrating his 104th birthday. On Extra Cover, we are going to look at one of the lesser known stories from his time playing cricket as well as paying tribute to his outstanding International and First Class career.

The career of Allan Robert Border speaks for itself. He celebrates his birthday today and we thought it would be fitting to pay tribute to his outstanding achievements in the game.